Finally got my portable monitor setup to fit in my carry-on after six months of trying different bags.

Warning: I picked Python over JavaScript for my first real project

My friend said 'just use JavaScript, it's everywhere,' but I spent 3 days stuck on async functions. Anyone have a better first project idea for Python?

Just had a wall start to lean on me in a tight Philly alley job

We were laying a garden wall and the base wasn't wide enough for the height. I saw the top course start to drift after lunch. Had to pull it down and redo the footing with a wider trench. Anyone else had a close call like that with a simple garden wall?

I just read that Agatha Christie wrote her first novel on a dare from her sister

Found that fact in a biography at the library yesterday, and it makes me wonder how many other classic stories started from a simple challenge or bet between friends?

DAE get annoyed when people call any board game 'D&D'?

I mean, I was at a cafe last week and overheard someone point at a group playing Betrayal at House on the Hill and say 'oh cool, they're playing Dungeons & Dragons'. It's a totally different kind of game! Has anyone else run into this specific mix-up?

Shoutout to the old timer at the Idaho show who called out my clinch

He watched me finish a shoe and said, 'Kid, your clinches look like they're trying to hide.' He was right, I was cutting them too short and not rolling them over enough. I started leaving an extra 1/8 inch of nail and really focusing on that roll. After about two months of forcing myself to do it, my clinches hold way better and look cleaner. Anyone else get a piece of advice that felt nitpicky but actually fixed a problem?

My chocolate cake turned into a puddle at a birthday party

I was at my friend's house in Denver for her kid's party, and I brought a three layer cake I'd baked that morning. The kitchen was super hot, maybe 85 degrees, and the frosting just started melting off the sides like a slow motion disaster. I panicked and stuck the whole thing in the freezer for 20 minutes, which saved it from total collapse but made the texture a bit weird. Next time I'm bringing a cooler bag for transport if it's warm out. Has anyone else had a cake almost melt on them and what did you do?

Had a customer's pet parrot try to help me run cable in Tampa last week.

I was sure my old 3M sanding block could handle one more quarter panel job, but it fell apart halfway through a 2018 F-150 repair yesterday.

The backing just crumbled into dust, so I had to run to the supply house for a new one and lost almost an hour on the clock, which convinced me to stop pushing my luck with worn-out tools. Anyone have a favorite brand for blocks that last?

I was at the main library downtown and their repair shelf looked different

They used to have a whole cart of books waiting for new spines and corners, but now it's just a single box. The librarian said they send most of it out now. Does your shop still handle a lot of library repairs, or is that mostly gone?